Our Staff

Dr. Derrick Dean, Director                        Professor of Biomedical Engineering        Email:  ddean@alasu.edu                           Phone:  334-604-9314 Dean's Faculty Bio.pdf

 

Dr. Manu Sebastian Mannoor                                   Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering              Email:  msmannoor@alasu.edu                                        Phone:  334-604-8424 Manu's Faculty Bio.pdf

 

Dr. Vineeth Vijayan Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Email:  vviijayan@alasu.edu Phone: 334-604-9136 Vinneth's Faculty Bio.pdf https://vviijayan.wixsite.com/my-site

 

Ms. Marilyn Thornton                                                                   Program Specialist                                                                 Email: mthornton@alasu.edu                                              Phone: 334-604-9152

 

 

Two ASU Professors Join COVID-19 Fight

Dr. Derrick Dean, professor and coordinator of ASU's,Biomedical Engineering, works on his 3D printer to make medical face shields. Photo by ASU photographer David Campbell

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https://www.alasu.edu/two-asu-professors-join-covid-19-fight

 

ASU Hosts Robotics Competition for Middle & High School Students!

Students constructing their project's robot for the 2019 competition hosted by ASU

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https://www.alasu.edu/asu-hosts-robotics-competition-middle-high-school-students-0
 

 

Outside the classroom, undergraduate gain real-world experience through research, industry internships and practical experiences.  As early as the first year, students begin to explore BME research labs, and by the fourth year, they are performing cutting-edge and often publishable research work.  This experiential learning will prove invaluable as students seek employment and/or graduate and professional school admission.  Programs such as industry internships and co-ops will provide opportunities for students to apply their knowledge to solving real-world problems.

Potential Employment and Research Opportunities include:
· Tissue regenerations
· Biocompatible implants and prostheses
· Diagnose devices
· Therapeutic devices
· Imaging
· Drug delivery

RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

The Biomedical Engineering Program at Alabama State University is equipped with the state-of-the-art characterization methods to perform high quality biomedical research. Some of the important facilities available to the department are as follows.

3D PRINTING FACILITIES

The BME Program is equipped with many different sophisticated 3D printers which can be utilized for 3D printing and 3D bioprinting. This gives the opportunity for the students to get trained in the advanced area of additive manufacturing.

 

Corning Matribot Bioprinter	Creator Max 3D Printer	Makerbot Method 3D Printer
Envision Tech Bioplotter (An Advanced 3D Bioprinter)	Maker Bot Replicator	Dremel Digilab 3D Printer

FACILITIES FOR ENGINEERING NEW MATERIALS

The BME program offers the most advanced state of the art facilities and instrumentation for material engineering and its characterization. This gives the opportunity for the students to get trained in the material engineering and characterization methods. Some of the major facilities available to the department are listed below.

 

Phenom XL Bench Top Scanning Electron Microscope	TA Instruments TGA 5500	TA Instruments Discovery Series Rheometer
TA Instruments Discovery Series DMA 850	MTS Criterion Model 42 Mechanical Testing System	Thermoscientific Haake MINICTW Micro-Conical Twin Screw Compounder
Thermoscientific Haake Minuet II Piston Injection Moulding Machine	Harrick Plasma Chamber PDC-001-HP, Surface Modification Device	Heidolph Rotatory Evaporator

                        

FACILITIES FOR BIOLOGICAL TESTING OF MATERIALS

The BME program offers the most advanced state of the art facilities and instruments for biological characterization of engineered biomaterials. This gives the opportunity for the students to get trained in the different biological testing of biomaterials such as cell viability, cell adhesion and cell differentiation assays. Some of the major biological testing facilities available to the department are listed below.

Biosafety Cabinets	Thermoscientific Isotemp Cryogenic Freezer	Thermoscientific Revco Ultra-Low Freezer
Bokel CO2 Incubator	Beckman Coulter Ultracentrifuge	Biotek Cytation 3 Cell Imaging Multimode Reader (An Advanced Imaging System for Cells)